Former Penn State Coach Arrested

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

I've seen a few articles pop up comparing Paterno and ESPN (re: the Bernie Fine scandal)...

http://tominpaine.blogspot.com/2011/....html?spref=fb

http://www.contactmusic.com/news/esp...e-tape_1266329

These are both insanely dumb - both because the comparison fails miserably on anything beyond a facile level (due to the fact that journalistic entities have a duty to not report false or misleading information, which is markedly different than, say, ethical obligations to 10 year olds or coworkers or whatever), and because even if the comparison did work (IT DOESN'T), the actions of a wholly dissimilar party don't excuse any wrongdoing at all.

Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb. Dumb. And possibly willfully ignorant, to make a borderline-abhorrent point.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

These are both insanely dumb - both because the comparison fails miserably on anything beyond a facile level (due to the fact that journalistic entities have a duty to not report false or misleading information, which is markedly different than, say, ethical obligations to 10 year olds or coworkers or whatever), and because even if the comparison did work (IT DOESN'T), the actions of a wholly dissimilar party don't excuse any wrongdoing at all.

Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb. Dumb. And possibly willfully ignorant, to make a borderline-abhorrent point.

Oh, I completely agree. As you've pointed out, even if each was based in fact and members of the media dropped the ball, that doesn't take the weight off of Paterno's shoulders. It might just mean they both f***ed up.

[ASTalumna06]

Penn State is now looking to move away from being known as a “football school”?*

As one of these articles states, why is it that having a good football team and being an exceptional educational institution have to be mutually exclusive?

Besides, I thought this "wasn't about football"...*

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/colle...is/51686080/1*

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/colle...nce/51696142/1